Un rayo de luz llamado Béjart ilumina Madrid

By Eduardo López-Collazo, 02 May 2017

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Reviewed at Teatros del Canal: Sala Roja, Madrid on 29 April 2017

Boléro (Maurice Béjart)

Le Mandarin Merveilleux (Maurice Béjart)

Tombée de la dernière pluie (Gil Roman)

Béjart Ballet Lausanne

Exciting talents and mixed choreography in Paris Opera Junior Ballet

Vikki Jane Vile, 29th January

Established in 2024, Paris Opera Junior Ballet has been touring extensively since early 2025, with Bonn’s Opera House the latest stop.

***11

Paris Opera Junior Ballet: a plethora of emerging talent

Deborah Weiss, 19th June

A very welcome visit from the Paris Opera Junior Ballet to the Linbury Theatre displays the company in a very favourable light, in a variety of works.

****1

Opéra de Paris pays vibrant tribute to Patrick Dupond

Laurine Mortha, 23rd February

Two years after the death of Patrick Dupond, the Paris Opera Ballet paid tribute to him in a sumptuous gala evening, with the procession of the Ballet’s stars and the the performance of three of Dupond’s most emblematic works.

*****

La Scala's home-made tribute celebrates Carla Fracci's legacy

Silvia Poletti, 9th April

The first Fracci Gala at the Teatro alla Scala celebrates the memory and the stature of a child of the house, who not always considered so in life.

***11

An exquisite hour with Alessandra Ferri in the Linbury Theatre

Graham Watts, 16th October

Celebrating Alessandra Ferri's 40-year association with The Royal Ballet by reviving Maurice Béjart's L'Heure exquise, a rarely-seen work by one of Europe's great 20th-century choreographers.

****1

Ave Maya: International stars perform in memory of Plisetskaya

Margaret Willis, 6th March

International Ballet stars come together on stage in London to honour the late legendary Russian ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya.

*****

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Eduardo López-Collazo

Ed. López-Collazo nació en Cuba, lugar donde la danza clásica es tan popular como el fútbol en otras latitudes. Desde siempre ha sido un apasionado de este arte en todas sus manifestaciones. Su formación académica primero en Física Nuclear y luego en Inmunología, en la que es doctor, no le ha mermado su interés por la danza y el arte en general. Sus críticas han aparecido en varias publicaciones españolas y durante los últimos años se ha hecho cargo de la sección de danza de ocioxocio.com.